CEF Annual report 2021

28 CEF BUSINESS REPORT 2021
LEARNING PROGRAM 29
EVENTS
Managing Education System Reforms
Public Financial
Management
BUDGET PREPARATION
AND EXECUTION
This year’s program was
again predominantly carried
out online. This pushed us to
explore and introduce new
approaches and tools.
Assessing the Fiscal Risks of State-Owned
Enterprises
Performance-Based Budgeting: High
Expectations and Modest Achievements
Towards Integrating Structural Reforms and
Fiscal Framework in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Costing and Budget Integration of Structural
Reforms (Moldova-specific webinar)
Integration of Structural Reforms into the
National Budget (Moldova-specific webinar)
Management of Public Investments (Moldovaspecific
webinar)
Consultative Meeting on ERP Guidance Note
Knowledge Sharing on the Costing of
Structural Reforms*
Monitoring Implementation of Structural
Reforms
In 2021, we have enriched the Budget Preparation and Execution (BPE) learning program with a rewarding
experience in the delivery of hybrid events. Using modern equipment and facilitation tools,
we simultaneously gathered audiences in the physical and online spaces to jointly exchange knowledge
on monitoring the implementation of structural reforms. Nevertheless, online courses and webinars were
still predominant in the BPE program this year.
We have continued close collaboration with the IMF Fiscal Affairs Department (FAD) through the delivery of a
joint regional online course on Assessing the Fiscal Risks of State-Owned Enterprises, that complemented their
technical assistance activities in SEE.
We also continued with our multiannual program structured to assess fiscal implications of structural reforms
in the ERPs. It aims to strengthen the capacities of line ministries. We achieved this through the delivery of 7
learning activities on Knowledge Sharing on the Costing of Structural Reforms. They were customized to country-specific
learning needs and capacities of officials from line and ministries of finance in Western Balkans
and Turkey.
One of the biggest novelties in the 2021 BPE program was the introduction of a targeted learning opportunity
for officials from the ministries of finance of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It consisted of two phases, which included
numerous online meetings organized throughout the year. The focus was on joint group work on strengthening
team spirit and coordination, building trust, designing internal guidelines on integration of structural reforms
and fiscal frameworks, and their practical implementation in preparation of the ERP for 2022–2024.
* Seven events organized for Albania, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia,
Serbia and Turkey.
KNOWLEDGE PRODUCT
• Comparative Analysis of the ERP 2021–2023
Assessment Reports
PROGRAM DONORS
• EU
• IMF
• Ministry of Finance, Slovakia
• Ministry of Finance, Slovenia
OTHER PROGRAM PARTNERS
• EC (DG EMPL, DG ECFIN)
• Institute of Economic Research, Slovenia
• OECD
• UNICEF
Tara Vasiljević
Program Officer and thematic area lead
CEF